EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

International Braz J UrolOfficial Journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology - SBU

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Miriam DambrosFederal University of São Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil

Mauricio P. SalazaLatin America

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE EDITORFernando Kim

University of ColoradoDenver, CO, USA

VIDEO SECTION

CONSULTING EDITORS

Urological Survey CommitteeAthanase Billis

State Univ. CampinasCampinas, SP, Brazil

Andreas BohleHelios Agnes Karll Hosp.Bad Schwartau, Germany

Sean P. ElliottUniv. of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN, USA

EDITOR Philippe E. Spiess

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, Florida, USA

CONSULTING EDITORS

Webmaster - Video Section

Tariq HakkiUniv. of South Florida

Tampa, FL, USA

Antonio C. L. Pompeo Brazil

Erik Busby University of Alabama Birmingham, AL, USA

Rafael Carrion Univ. of South Florida Tampa, Florida, USA

Jose J. Correa Ces University Medellin, Columbia

Karim Kader Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Wassim Kassouf McGill University Montreal, Canada

Wade J. Sexton Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, Florida, USA

Shahrokh Shariat Cornell University New York, NY, USA

A.J. Stephenson Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH, USA

Hubert Swana Nemours Children’s Clinic Orlando, Florida, USA

Fernando KimUniv. of ColoradoDenver, CO, USA

RADIOLOGY PAGEErich K. Lang ( Editor)Johns Hopkins Medical InstitutionsBaltimore, Maryland, USA

Jeffrey P. WeissSUNY Downstate Medical SchoolBrooklyn, New York, USA

PORTUGUESE ASSOCIATE EDITORSilvio Tucci Jr.

State University of São PauloRiberão Preto, Brazil

Ricardo Miyaoka State Univ. CampinasCampinas, SP, Brazil

Manoj MongaCleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH, USA

Adilson PrandoVera Cruz Hospital

Campinas, SP, Brazil

Leonardo O. ReisState Univ. CampinasCampinas, SP, Brazil

M. Chad Wallis Univ. of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Urological Oncology Committee

Lennart AnderssonKarolinska Institute & WHOStockholm, Sweden

Joseph L. ChinUniversity of Western OntarioLondon, ON, Canada

Marcos F. Dall’OglioUniversity of Sao Paulo, USPSao Paulo, Brazil

Simon HorenblasNetherlands Cancer Inst.-AntoniAmsterdam, The Netherlands

Fernand LabrieLaval University Med CtrQuebec, Canada

Judd W. MoulDuke University Med CtrDurham, NC, USA

Alan M. NiederColumbia UniversityMiami Beach, FL, USA

Antonio A. OrnellasNational Cancer InstituteRio de Janeiro, RJ

Laparoscopic & Minimally Invasive Surgery Committee

Jeffrey A. CadedduUniv of Texas SouthwesternDallas, Texas, USA

Lisias N. CastilhoCatholic UniversityCampinas, SP, Brazil

Ralph V. ClaymanUniv California Irvine Med CtrOrange, California, USA

Inderbir S. GillUSC Keck Sch of MedicineLos Angeles, CA, USA

Anuar I. MitreUniversity of Sao Paulo, USPSao Paulo, Brazil

Stephen Y. NakadaUniversity of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA

Jens RassweilerUniversity of HeidelbergHeilbronn, Germany

Mauricio RubinsteinFederal University State RJRio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

M. Tobias-MachadoABC Medical SchoolSao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Endourology & Lithiasis Committee

Monish AronCleveland Clinic FoundationLos Angeles, CA, USA

John DenstedtUniversity of Western OntarioLondon, ON, Canada

Evangelos N. LiatsikosUniversity of PatrasPatras, Greece

Margaret S. PearleUniv of Texas SouthwesternDallas, Texas, USA

Glenn M. PremingerDuke University Medical CtrDurham, NC, USA

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Laurence BaskinUniv California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA, USA

General Urology Committee

C. F. HeynsUniversity of Stellenbosch Tygerberg, South Africa

A. Marmo LuconUniv of Sao Paulo, USPSao Paulo, Brazil

Antonio C. MartinsState Univ of Sao PauloRibeirao Preto, SP, Brazil

K. MutaguchiHiroshima University Med SciHiroshima, Japan

Valdemar OrtizFederal Univ of Sao PauloSao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Athanasios Papatsoris Univ of Athens, Sismanoglio Hosp.Athens, Greece

Erectile Dysfunction & Andrology Committee

Joaquim A. ClaroFederal Univ of Sao PauloSao Paulo, Brazil

Sidney GlinaH. Ellis InstituteSao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Luca IncrocciErasmus Mc-Daniel Cancer CtrRotterdam, The Netherlands

Ernani L. RhodenFederal Foundation of Med SciRS, Brazil

Ahmed I. El-SakkaSuez Canal University Sch MedIsmailia, Egypt

Infertility Committee

Ashok AgarwalCleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, Ohio, USA

Paul J. TurekUniv California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA, USA

Wolfgang WeidnerJustus-Liebig Univ GiessenGiessen, Germany

Fábio PasqualottoUniv of Caxias do SulRS, Brazil

Renal Transplantation & Renovascular Surgery Committee

Alexandre L. FurtadoCoimbra University HospitalCoimbra, Portugal

Wojtek RowinskiUniv of Warmia and MazuryOlsztyn, Poland

Infections in Urology CommitteeTruls E. Bjerklund Johansen Aarhus University HospitalAarhus, Denmark

Anthony J. SchaefferNorthwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA

Pediatric & Fetal Urology Committee

Boris ChertinShaare Zedek Med CtrJerusalem, Israel

Francisco T. DenesUniversity of Sao Paulo, USPSao Paulo, Brazil

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Laurence BaskinUniv California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA, USA

General Urology Committee

C. F. HeynsUniversity of Stellenbosch Tygerberg, South Africa

A. Marmo LuconUniv of Sao Paulo, USPSao Paulo, Brazil

Antonio C. MartinsState Univ of Sao PauloRibeirao Preto, SP, Brazil

K. MutaguchiHiroshima University Med SciHiroshima, Japan

Valdemar OrtizFederal Univ of Sao PauloSao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Athanasios Papatsoris Univ of Athens, Sismanoglio Hosp.Athens, Greece

Erectile Dysfunction & Andrology Committee

Joaquim A. ClaroFederal Univ of Sao PauloSao Paulo, Brazil

Sidney GlinaH. Ellis InstituteSao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Luca IncrocciErasmus Mc-Daniel Cancer CtrRotterdam, The Netherlands

Ernani L. RhodenFederal Foundation of Med SciRS, Brazil

Ahmed I. El-SakkaSuez Canal University Sch MedIsmailia, Egypt

Infertility Committee

Ashok AgarwalCleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, Ohio, USA

Paul J. TurekUniv California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA, USA

Wolfgang WeidnerJustus-Liebig Univ GiessenGiessen, Germany

Fábio PasqualottoUniv of Caxias do SulRS, Brazil

Renal Transplantation & Renovascular Surgery Committee

Alexandre L. FurtadoCoimbra University HospitalCoimbra, Portugal

Wojtek RowinskiUniv of Warmia and MazuryOlsztyn, Poland

Infections in Urology CommitteeTruls E. Bjerklund Johansen Aarhus University HospitalAarhus, Denmark

Anthony J. SchaefferNorthwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA

Pediatric & Fetal Urology Committee

Boris ChertinShaare Zedek Med CtrJerusalem, Israel

Francisco T. DenesUniversity of Sao Paulo, USPSao Paulo, Brazil

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F. HadziselimovicKtk-KindertagesklinikLiestal, Switzerland

Barry A. KoganAlbany Medical CollegeAlbany, NY, USA

Antonio Macedo JrFederal Univ of Sao PauloSao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Eugene MinevichUniv of Cincinnati Med CtrCincinnati, OH, USA

J. L. Pippi SalleUniversity of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada

Basic and Translational Urology CommitteeSerge CarreauUniv of Caen Basse-NormandieCaen, France

Luiz E. M. CardosoState Univ of Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Waldemar S. CostaState Univ of Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vincent DelmasUniversite Rene DescartesParis, France

Donna M. PeehlStanford University Sch MedStanford, CA, USA

Marco Pereira-SampaioFluminense Federal UniversityNiteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luiz F. Poli de FigueiredoUniversity of São PauloSão Paulo, SP, Brazil

Nestor SchorFederal Univ of Sao PauloSao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Urological Pathology Committee

A. Lopez-Beltran Cordoba University Sch MedCordoba, Spain

Liang Cheng Indiana University Sch Medicine Indianapolis, IN, USA

Jonathan I. EpsteinThe Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD, USA

Katia R. LeiteUniversity of Sao Paulo, USPSao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Rodolfo Montironi Polytechnic Univ of Marche Region

Ancona, Italy

Uroradiology & Interventional Radiology Committee

William H. BushUniversity Washington Med CtrSeattle, Washington, USA

Wilfrido CastanedaUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN, USA

Ferdinand FrauscherMedical University InnsbruckInnsbruck, Austria

Erich K. Lang SUNY Downstate Med School Brooklyn, New York, USA

Arthur T. RosenfieldYale University Sch MedicineNew Haven, CT, USA

Renan UflackerMedical Univ South CarolinaCharleston, SC, USA

A. C. Westphalen Univ of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA, USA

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FORMER EDITORS

Alberto Gentile (Founder)

(1975 - 1980)

N. Rodrigues Netto Jr

(1988 - 1993)

Lino L. Lenz

(1981)

Sami Arap

(1994 - 1997)

Rubem A. Arruda

(1982 - 1983)

Sérgio D. Aguinaga

(1998 - 1999)

G. Menezes de Góes

(1984 - 1985)

Francisco J.B. Sampaio

(2000 - 2010)

Sami Arap

(1986 - 1987)

EDITORIAL PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION EDITOR

Bruno Nogueira

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Ricardo de Morais

Miriam Dambros

(2010 - )

A namaria Macedo

(2011- )